Security Operations Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 - 109
Rank change year-on-year - - -33
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 5 0 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.98% - 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% - 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £30,375 - -
25th Percentile £30,938 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £45,625 - £47,500
90th Percentile £58,000 - -
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £57,662 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.62% +4.84% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Security Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 489 1,249 1,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 96.07% 78.85% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 313 936 565
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,000 £26,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,885 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +6.80%
75th Percentile £66,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,250 £87,000
East of England median annual salary £50,967 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.93% -9.09% +10.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Cambridgeshire

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Cambridgeshire.

Salary trend for Security Operations in Cambridgeshire

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Cambridgeshire

Security Operations
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 18 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge - 4 £32,500 - 8
Peterborough - 1 £62,500 - 1
Security Operations
East of England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (20.00%) AWS
4 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Engineering Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (20.00%) PMI
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Malware Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) SOAR
4 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (20.00%) Splunk